Chava

“Variant of Eve — From Hebrew Chavah, from a root meaning to live” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #1737 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Chava reached its best rank, #1399, in 2024 and ranked #1737 in 2025. About 3,600 girls have carried it since 1951. In New Jersey and New York it runs 8–13× its national rate.

Around the world: about 1 in 17,000 girls in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Chavas

Chava Alberstein — Israeli singer
Chava Rosenfarb — Holocaust survivor and Jewish-Canadian author
Chava Shapiro — Volhynian Jewish writer (1876–1943)
Chava Lifshitz — Israeli chemist (1936–2005)
Chava Mond — Israeli model

In stories & tradition

Chava (Eve) — Paradise Lost · Genesis 4
Chava — Fiddler on the Roof

What Chavas become

Among 17 notable people named Chava:

Artists & writers appear 2.82× more often than among typical names — e.g. Chava Rosenfarb, Holocaust survivor and Jewish-Canadian author.

Similar names: Eve · Nechama · Kaliah · Nava · Yael · Ahuva

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